Middle School and High School Tutoring
Tuesdays 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
*Language Arts Help
*Study Skills
*Middle School Writing Test Prep
*High School Writing Test Prep
*Reading Help
*Homework Help
Sessions begin Tuesday, Sept. 7th
Contact Heather Mathews at (770) 827-3863 or hmteacher16@yahoo.com or come by Dog Ear Books to reserve a spot!
Tuition
$15 per session or $80 for a 6 session punch card
*You can reserve a spot or drop in, but no more than 6 students will be accepted per day. Drop ins are taken on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Teacher information: BSED in English Literature from the University of Georgia. Several years teaching experience and a current Georgia Teaching Certificate.
Heather Mathews will be beginning Preschool Story and Art and Preschool Music and Movement classes in September.
Story and Art (3-4, under 2 accepted with an adult present) will run 12:45 – 1:45 and will consist of a story followed by an art or craft project related to the story.
Music and Movement (ages 2-4) will run from 1:50 – 2:45 and we will use music, instruments, imagination and creative movement to express ourselves and burn some energy!
First semester begins Tuesday, Sept. 7th.
Contact Heather Mathews at (770) 827-3863 or hmteacher16@yahoo.com or come by Dog Ear Books!
Tuition
Story and Art: $50 per month or $140 per semester
Music and Movement: $45 per month or $125 per semester
Both Classes: $90 per month or $260 per semester
Saturday, August 14th, we’ll be having a special double-signing at 1 p.m. in the afternoon. Author Alan Oberdeck will be in to sign his latest book, The Vancouver Rendezvous, second in his Deer/Dear Hunt series. Also, we’ll have Madison artist extraordinaire Karen Strelecki in to sign copies of Claudia Bishop’s Toast Mortem. While that might sound odd, Karen is the cover artist for the latest book in the Hemlock Falls mystery series. Here’s a copy of the cover. Come by and say hello Saturday.
Frederick Zeier will be in the store Saturday, May 15th to sign copies of his thriller Before You Seek Revenge from 1-3 p.m.
Fiction: June 7th
Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips
Nonfiction: May 21st
Salvation on Sand Mountain by Dennnis Covington
Elementary: May 28th
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Middle School: May 28th
The Sorceress by Michael Scott
June 8th – Deep Economy by Bill McKibben
July 13th – Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal by Joel Salatin
August 10th – The Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins
September 14th – Diet For A Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappe
October 12th – The Good Life by Scott and Helen Nearing
November 9th – Living Like Ed by Ed Begley
December 14th – Closing the Food Gap by Mark Winne
January 11th – The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken
February 8th – Plan B 4.0 by Lester Brown
March 8th – One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka
April 12th – The Town That Food Saved by Ben Hewitt
Book signing with Cindy Boerma and Deena Eberhardt, teachers at Athens Academy. The book is a hilarious compilation of saying compiled by the two of their four-year-old students. Cindy and Deena will be signing books from 1-3 p.m.
Author Don Rhodes is coming to the bookstore Thursday night, April 22nd at 7 p.m. to discuss his latest book Georgia: Mysteries and Legends. The book discusses 14 tales from Georgia including that of strongwoman Lula Hurst (above) of Madison, The Georgia Wonder. Don will discuss Lula and then answer questions with a wine and cheese reception.
Non-fiction: Friday, April 16th – 7 p.m.
Kids: Friday, April 23rd – 6-7 p.m.
Elementary:
Middle School:
Madison-Morgan Cultural Center Film Series: Sunday, April 25th: 6 p.m.
Fiction: Monday, May 3rd: 6 p.m.
Food and Sustainability: Tuesday, May 11th: 7 p.m.
In celebration of Earth Day, local herb grower Curtis Yaun, purveyor of fine herbs and salts, will be creating a container herb garden for kids on the porch all morning, Saturday, April 17th. Children must bring their own container (a pot, gallon jug, etc.) and Curtis will provide the herbs and the know-how. The cost is $15 for the first child and $5 for additional children. Curtis will be working from 10 am until 1 or 2, so feel free to drop by at any time as the workshop will be ongoing.
